Artist
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Havana Stevedore
Date1933
PlaceHavana, Cuba
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 3/8 × 5 in. (23.9 × 12.7 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 3/4 in. (45.7 × 37.5 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 3/4 in. (45.7 × 37.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies, by exchange; The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.963
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "1100", and in upper right: "WE.265"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE.3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371" / inscribed in pencil: "Havana 1932" / stamped in black: "RIGHTS RESERVED" / inscribed in pencil: "#14 in '74 Exh."
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "XVIII / 633 / #1213 / 13518"
Stamped in black, with pencil insertions in stamped black rectangles, verso of mount, lower left: "Walker Evans / XVIII / 27"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE.3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371" / inscribed in pencil: "Havana 1932" / stamped in black: "RIGHTS RESERVED" / inscribed in pencil: "#14 in '74 Exh."
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "XVIII / 633 / #1213 / 13518"
Stamped in black, with pencil insertions in stamped black rectangles, verso of mount, lower left: "Walker Evans / XVIII / 27"
bottom right below image in pencil "Walker Evans"
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